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Better Late Than Never: LeBeau On Verge Of Hall Of Fame
September 02, 2009 by
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Maybe the best compliment that could be paid to Dick LeBeau is that he turned out to be a better coach than a player---and he was a Hall of Fame player, so what does that make him as a coach?A portion of the above sentence has been met with a stone wall for some 32 years---the part...
Last Night on the "The Knee Jerks": We Get Literary, Then Cranky (As Usual)
September 01, 2009 by
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He was a little late, but our guest, author Marty Appel, showed up on "The Knee Jerks" Monday night, to enliven my weekly sports gabfest with Big Al from The Wayne Fontes Experience.Appel's new book is "Munson: The Life and Death of a Yankees Captain," and it...
Michigan Blew It With Miles, So Now It Must Pay
August 31, 2009 by
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Unless a bunch of University of Michigan football players, past and present, have banded together in a deliberate attempt to sully the reputation and undermine the authority of Rich Rodriguez, then U-M is going to have to lie in a bed of its own making.Actually, Bill Martin's making...
September’s Baseball Means One Eye Always Elsewhere
August 30, 2009 by
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The old centerfield scoreboard at Tiger Stadium—before modern technology replaced it in 1979—slapped you in the face. And no wonder; it had arms. Trudging up the runway from the concourse to your seats, whether in the upper or lower deck, chances are one of two things would enrapt...
Denver Writer Needs History Lesson When It Comes To Bertuzzi Signing
August 26, 2009 by
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Terry Frei needs a history lesson. And a Valium.Frei is a sports writer for the Denver Post, and he's got his shorts in a knot over the Red Wings' signing of free agent Todd Bertuzzi, announced last week.The column, "Wings whiff on toxic Bertuzzi," appeared recently...
Today's Lions Don't Even Know How To Have Proper In-Fighting
August 24, 2009 by
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The helmet flew across the locker room, somewhere in the bowels of what was then known as City Stadium. You might know it as Lambeau Field, in Green Bay.The hurler of said helmet was beside himself with anger."Absolutely violent," he would describe his state, some years later...
Inge Giving Us A Performance That Will Be Legendary
August 23, 2009 by
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It was used as yet another example of why hockey players are supposedly the toughest human beings on the face of the Earth.Brent Gilchrist, a forward for the Red Wings with suspect talent but not suspect determination, made his teammates sick, literally, in the 1998 post-season.Not...
Bertuzzi Latest To Be Christened By Red Wings' Magic Potion?
August 19, 2009 by
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Last we saw of Todd Bertuzzi in Detroit, he was a skating shell. No more than 50, 60 percent of the player he'd been in his heyday.Bertuzzi gave it the old college try, but he wasn't what the Red Wings thought they were getting when they dealt for him at the 2007 trade deadline...
Last Night on "The Knee Jerks": Hooping It Up, "Old School", With Ray Scott!
August 18, 2009 by
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It was time to talk some "old school" basketball last night on "The Knee Jerks"!The weekly gabfest I have with Big Al from The Wayne Fontes Experience had another jam-packed episode, and our guest was former Pistons player and coach and member of the Michigan Sports...
Lions Should Trade Drew Stanton To A Team That Deserves Him
August 17, 2009 by
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Drew Stanton led the Lions to a comeback win in Saturday's exhibition opener. The team's No. 3 quarterback looked good, looked confident, and showed what he can do with his nimble feet when the situation calls for it.Now let's hope he never sees the light of day on the...
Martin’s Self-Destructive Pattern Began In Detroit 40 Years Ago
August 16, 2009 by
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Billy Martin made one thing perfectly clear in one of his first team meetings as manager of the Tigers. “I am,” Martin said, “a very bad loser.” Looking back on it, it’s actually quite amazing that Martin ever came to manage the Tigers to begin with. Billy was not the kind...
Lions' Only "Curse" Has Been Their Tendency To Make Bad Decisions
August 12, 2009 by
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The haggard pub owner traipsed down to the ballpark, as had been his wont, and brought his sidekick with him, as he'd done several times before.Only this time, the sidekick wasn't allowed in.It was the World Series, and seats were at a premium.Besides, the sidekick was a billy...
Last Night On "The Knee Jerks": Baseball, Hot Dogs, Apple Pie and Joe Dexter
August 11, 2009 by
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It was a baseball extravaganza last night on "The Knee Jerks"!The weekly gabfest I have with Big Al from The Wayne Fontes Experience had another thrilling episode, and our guest was Detroit sports blogger and radio host Joe Dexter of Motor City Bengals.com.The topic, as expected...
Roenick Retires, But More Importantly, So Does His Mouth
August 10, 2009 by
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Truth be told, I wish Jeremy Roenick could have played forever. Maybe just his mouth can show up from now on. That was often the best part of JR anyhow.Roenick, who retired---this time for good, he says---from the NHL the other day after 20 seasons, was one of the few guys in the league...
Unwanted Wallace Helped Start Pistons' 21st Century Rebirth
August 09, 2009 by
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The unwanted basketball player piled his worldly possessions into his college kid car and drove west.Not sure if he made the trek non-stop, but David Bing left the campus at Syracuse University and made a road trip to Detroit.The Pistons’ first round draft choice was sloppy seconds...
Namath Has Lions To Blame (Partially) For His Injury-Ravaged Career
August 05, 2009 by
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Joe Namath said he only knew how to play football one way: full throttle.It was that kind of desire and approach that contributed to the end of his career---and the Lions played a big part in that.Time to turn on the wayback machine and take you to Tampa, FL for an exhibition game...
Last Night's Episode of "The Knee Jerks": What a Shame!!
August 04, 2009 by
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There's a new drinking game that might sweep the nation.If you were to take a shot of liquor every time Big Al or I said the word "shame" last night on "The Knee Jerks", then you'd likely be hungover this morning.So what was so shameful?The sorry financial...
Stafford Likely To Be Ready Before His Protectors Are
August 03, 2009 by
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The Lions are building a foundation for a brand new era, but in typical Lions fashion, they've got things mixed up.The crown jewel, QB Matthew Stafford, is looking to be ready before the bulletproof case designed to protect it, is.Stafford is wowing them in Allen Park, in the infancy...
Karras Almost Didn't Survive Layne's Antics
August 02, 2009 by
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Another football training camp has begun. Another opportunity for nostalgia.Harry Gilmer, the beleaguered coach of the Lions between George Wilson and Joe Schmidt in the mid-1960s, stared out at the confounding young running back on the practice field.The running back was easy to spot...
Lions' Special Teams Have Been Anything BUT, Lately
July 29, 2009 by
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He'd field the punt, no matter what---even if a swarm of would-be tacklers were surrounding him. The fair catch wasn't an option. Often, the opponents would have prayed for his hand to go up, as a matter of fact.Then a jitterbug move here and there, a sidestep, and then he...
"The Knee Jerks": A new open, a new chat room--even a caller!
July 28, 2009 by
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If it was Monday night, then it was "The Knee Jerks", correct?Yes!!Last night was no exception, as Big Al and I blabbed on our weekly Blog Talk Radio Show for the customary 90 minutes and some change.The first 35 of those minutes were spent with pro wrestler and soon-to-be...
Favre Needs To Make Up His Mind, Once And For All
July 27, 2009 by
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Brett Favre, the high-rolling risk-taker, the reckless gunslinger, has been brought to his knees, apparently.Favre ran away from would-be sackers, rifled passes into the thick of secondaries with defiance, and was as durable as titanium.But now a simple question is his Kryptonite.To...
Sparky's Soothsaying Got It Right For Tigers In 1987
July 26, 2009 by
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Sparky Anderson was best digested with a side order of salt, at least to those who had him figured out. To try him otherwise was usually a cause for consternation.I tried Sparky, the old Tigers manager, without salt for the first couple of years he was in Detroit, and I can tell you...
Time For Red Wings' Howard To Step Up, Once And For All
July 22, 2009 by
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Jimmy Howard is a grizzled rookie.He's a 25-year-old goalie who's been in the Red Wings' organization for six years, and still no one really knows what we have here.Howard has managed to find himself between the pipes for all of 556 minutes for the Red Wings since being...
Another Exciting Episode of "The Knee Jerks" Is Waiting For Download!
July 21, 2009 by
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It was yet another jam-packed episode of "The Knee Jerks" last night on Blog Talk Radio!My weekly gabfest with Big Al of The Wayne Fontes Experience went off without a hitch, as for the first 30 minutes we were joined by Paul Swaney of Bleacher Report, who will begin a quest...
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